Alfalfa Only Or With Timothy For Babies?

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Should babies have only alfalfa hay or a mix of timothy and alfalfa? If it's a mix, what kind of ratio?

Thanks ahead of time for you help!
 
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Recommendations For A Balanced General Guinea Pig Diet

Feed only timothy (very stiff) or soft Meadow/orchard hay for sitting and playing in. Grass hay should make up to 80% of the daily Food intake. Alfalfa/lucerne is a legume, not a grass hay and should be given - if at all until the Age of 4 months max - only in very small quantities.
You can either offer haf to one handful of Alfalfa hay max. per day or feed 40g Alfalfa based pellets daily until 4 months of Age or not feed any extra at all, as the extra amounts required are in fact so tiny that they are pretty much covered with a good General balanced diet.
Babies on too rich a diet will grow faster, but will also finish their quick growth Phase earlier and then only grow in spits and spurts.
The Importance Of Weighing - Ideal Weight / Overweight / Underweight
 
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